Abstract
The purpose of this study is to address how do academic deans at Jordanian Universities' perceive their cognitive leadership frames (bureaucratic, collegial, political, and symbolic frames) based on their disciplines. A 134 academic deans were completed the survey and used in this study, with response rate of 93%. As for discipline, there were 56 and 78 humanities disciplines. A questionnaire with 22 items grouped into four scales, one each for the bureaucratic, collegial, political and symbolic frames. The results indicated that the Bureaucratic leadership frame has High level than all other cognitive leadership frames, followed by Political leadership frame with High level, followed by leadership frame with Moderate level, and leadership frame with Moderate level. t-test results revealed that Bureaucratic leadership frame and Political leadership frame had significant differences in favor of scientific discipline. While Collegial and Symbolic leadership frames had no significant differences. The study recommended that university leaders should support academic deans to enroll workshops and comprehensive training on cognitive leadership frames to help them realize their full potential in contributing and developing their colleges and universities.
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